• The size of Pocahontas County is 941 square miles.
• Pocahontas County has the highest average elevation of any county east of the Mississippi.
• Pocahontas County has the largest concentration of public lands in West Virginia.  Over 62% – totaling 349,000 acres – is either state or federal property.
• Five State Parks and two State Forests provide more state owned land than any county in the state.
• The county has more federal land than any county in the state – 312,000 acres.
• More than 800 miles of hiking and biking trails are located in the county.
• More than 1/3 of the Monongahela National Forest lies within the county.  These 310,000 acres provide more than 500 miles of hiking and biking trails.
• Pocahontas County has approximately 9,000 residents – one of the smallest county populations in the state.
• More than one million tourists visit the county each year.
• Five county Visitor Centers greet more than 100,000 people annually.
• Pocahontas County has the most scenic byways of any county in the state.
• The Highland Scenic Highway is the highest average elevated highway east of the Mississippi.
• Pocahontas County is the Birthplace of Rivers as 8 rivers have their headwaters here.  All water flows out of the county.
• In total earnings and employment, the impact of travel and tourism is greater to Pocahontas County than any other county in the state.
• One out of every four jobs – the largest percentage in the state – is generated by travel and tourism.

(WV Divion of Tourism Research)